This blog will be a journey through my quiltwork and some artwork and my life...sometimes the muse' is not active but I'll try I was a gourd artist until my hands gave out, now I thoroughly enjoy playing with fabric and paint. Enjoy most everything that nature has to offer.
Family and friends are very important. I live in the beautiful Peace River Area of northeastern BC.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

This one has been 'on the burner' for awhile :) I finally got it off the sketch pad and done in fabric.I'm open to suggestions for a title for it, if you have any suggestions. Can you spot the three dragonflies?I did some 'sashiko' type stitching on it, and quite like the effect. The fish are all done with my hand painted fabrics.I did two rows of flying geese, to portray the fish movement, one row got slightly covered.I look forward to comments.This wall hanging was sold at the show April 26th.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

I have finished another one of the pieces done in Pamela Allan's class. This was our 'independant study'.I had a lot of fun with it, the raven is a true northern raven in the winter. He is all fluffed up to ward off the cold.I have one more to stitch in this series, all with Ravens.I will tell you the story of the raven, from our point of view.My husband passed away 4 years ago, since then we have relocated. My youngest grandaughter and her grampa were hooked at the hip. When walking to my house after school, there is a raven that waits on the snowbank, and hops along all the way home with her, she's sure it's grampa. That's why I had to do a series with ravens, and why not still life!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

I have finished another piece that I started in the Still Life class.Got a bit wild with the binding, it is the same fabric as the flower centers and I quite like it.The course with Pamela was so informative, and I am enjoying the end results of my work.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

I just finished my FFFC. The challenge was to use a split complimentary pallette and include an S curve.My split complimentary was yellow/green and red and blue/violet. I tried to use different hues of this pallette. The S curve can be seen in the path and in the woman's form.This was another great challenge. I did a lot handstitching, a carry over from the Pamela Allan class.I reversed the order of the top three background fabrics, and realized it after I had much of it stitched in place...sooo I added a moon and some highlight of the moon shining on objects.Hope you enjoy it.

About Me

I guess I've been somewhat of an artist all my life, since 1999 my canvas has been Mother Nature's Gift the gourd. Five years ago I started quilting, and now I'm moving out of the box to 'art quilts' I've joined two groups, Fast Friday Fabric Challenge and the Fiber & Stitch Group, they are both offering me the challenges that I need to think 'out of the box'. I also like to make traditional quilts, you might say I've developed a real fondness for fabric.